List of fiction works made into feature films (S–Z) explained

This is a list of works of fiction that have been made into feature films, from S to Z. The title of the work and the year it was published are both followed by the work's author, the title of the film, and the year of the film. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest distribution area.

S

Fiction work(s) Film adaptation(s)
Sackett (1961), Louis L'AmourThe Sacketts (1979)
Sacred Wood (Chinese: 神木 Shen Mu) (1999), Liu QingbangBlind Shaft (2003)
The Saga of Pecos Bill (1923), Edward O'ReillyMelody Time (1948)
Tall Tale (1995)
Sahara (1992), Clive CusslerSahara (2005)
(1963), Yukio MishimaThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976)
Saint Jack (1973), Paul TherouxSaint Jack (1979)
Saint Johnson (1930), W. R. BurnettLaw and Order (1932)
Wild West Days (1937)
The Salamander (1973), Morris WestThe Salamander (1981)
'Salem's Lot (1975), Stephen KingSalem's Lot (1979)
A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2006), Paul TordaySalmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
A Salute to the Great Macarthy (1970), Barry OakleyThe Great Macarthy (1975)
Sanctuary (1931), William FaulknerThe Story of Temple Drake (1933)
The Sand Pebbles (1962), Richard McKennaThe Sand Pebbles (1966)
(1908), Natsume SōsekiNatsume Sōseki's Sanshirō (Japanese: 夏目漱石の三四郎, Sōseki Natsume no Sanshirō) (1955)
(1942), Tsuneo TomitaSanshiro Sugata (1943)
Sanshiro Sugata Part II (1945)
Sanshiro Sugata (1955)
Sanshiro Sugata (1965)
Sanshiro Sugata (1970)
Sanshiro Sugata (1977)
Sanshiro Sugata (1981)
The Satan Bug (1962), Alistair MacLeanThe Satan Bug (1965)
Save the Tiger (1972), Steve ShaganSave the Tiger (1974)
Sayonara (1954), James A. MichenerSayonara (1957)
A Scanner Darkly (1977), Philip K. DickA Scanner Darkly (2006)
Scarface (1930), Armitage TrailScarface (1932)
Scarface (1983)
(1930), Yasunari KawabataThe Scarlet Gang of Asakusa (1930)
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa (1952)
The Asakusa Story (1953)
The Scarlet Letter (1850), Nathaniel HawthorneThe Scarlet Letter (1908)
The Scarlet Letter (1911)
The Scarlet Letter (1913)
The Scarlet Letter (1917)
The Scarlet Letter (1920)
The Scarlet Letter (1922)
The Scarlet Letter (1926)
The Scarlet Letter (1934)
The Scarlet Letter (German: Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe) (1973)
The Scarlet Letter (1995)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1903–1905), Baroness Emmuska OrczyThe Scarlet Pimpernel (1917)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)
"Pimpernel" Smith (1941)
Pimpernel Svensson (1950)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1987)
The Forecourt Pimpernel (2001)
The Searchers (1954), Alan Le MayThe Searchers (1956)
Schindler's Ark (1982),[1] Thomas KeneallySchindler's List (1993)
The Screaming Mimi (1949), Fredric BrownThe Screaming Mimi (1958)
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
The Score (1963), Donald E. WestlakePillaged (French: Mise à sac) (1967)
The Score (1978)
The Sea Hawk (1915), Rafael SabatiniThe Sea Hawk (1924)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Sea-Wolf (1904), Jack LondonThe Sea Wolf (1913)
The Sea Wolf (1920)
The Sea Wolf (1926)
The Sea Wolf (1930)
The Sea Wolf (1941)
Wolf Larsen (1958)
Legend of the Sea Wolf (Italian: Il lupo dei mari) (1975)
The Sea Wolf (1993) (TV)
The Sea Wolf (1997)
The Sea Wolf (2008)
(1955), Shintaro IshiharaSeason of the Sun (1956)
The Second Victory (1958) (a. k. a. Backlash), Morris WestThe Second Victory (1986)
The Secret Agent (1907), Joseph ConradSabotage (1936)
The Secret Agent (1996)
The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (2003), Madeline Wickham (as Sophie Kinsella)Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
The Secret Life of Bees (2002), Sue Monk KiddThe Secret Life of Bees (2008)
Sense and Sensibility (1811), Jane AustenSense and Sensibility (1995)
Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000)
From Prada to Nada (2011)
The Seven Brothers (Finnish: Seitsemän veljestä) (1870), Aleksis KiviSeven Brothers (1939)
Seven Brothers (1979)
Seven Days to a Killing (1973), Clive EgletonThe Black Windmill (1974)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1974), Nicholas MeyerThe Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
The Seventh (1967), Donald E. Westlake (as Richard Stark)The Split (1968)
The Shadow Line (1917), Joseph ConradThe Shadow Line (Polish: Smuga cienia) (1976)
The Shadow Riders (1982), Louis L'AmourThe Shadow Riders (1982)
Shaft (1970), Ernest TidymanShaft (1971)
Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
Shaft in Africa (1973)
Shaft (2000)
Shaft (2019)
Shaft's Big Score! (1972), Ernest Tidymansame as above
Shalako (1962), Louis L'AmourShalako (1968)
The Shape of Things to Come (1933), H. G. WellsThings to Come (1936)
H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come (1979)
(serialised 1886–87, published as a book, 1887), H. Rider HaggardShe (1908)
She (1911)
She (1916)
She (1917)
She (1925)
She (1935)
She (1965)
The Vengeance of She (1968)
She (1984)
She (2001)
She Loves Me Not (1933), Edward HopeShe Loves Me Not (1934)
True to the Army (1942)
How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
She Who Was No More (French: Celle qui n'était plus) (1952), Pierre Boileau and Thomas NarcejacLes Diaboliques (1955)
Crucible of Horror (1971)
Reflections of Murder (1974)
House of Secrets (1993)
Diabolique (1996)
Sheep (2004), Simon MaginnThe Dark (2005)
A Shilling for Candles (1936), Josephine Tey (pseudonym for Elizabeth MacKintosh)Young and Innocent (1937)
The Shining (1977), Stephen KingThe Shining (1980)
Shining Through (1988), Susan IsaacsShining Through (1992)
The Shipping News (1993), Annie ProulxThe Shipping News (2001)
The Shrinking Man (1956), Richard MathesonThe Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
Shoeless Joe (1982), W. P. KinsellaField of Dreams (1989)
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963), Morris WestThe Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
The Shootist (1975), Glendon SwarthoutThe Shootist (1976)
Shout at the Devil (1968), Wilbur SmithShout at the Devil (1976)
Shutter Island (2003), Dennis LehaneShutter Island (2010)
Sideways (2004), Rex PickettSideways (2004)
The Siege of Trencher's Farm (1969), Gordon WilliamsStraw Dogs (1971)
Straw Dogs (2011)
The Silence of the Lambs (1988), Thomas HarrisThe Silence of the Lambs (1991)
A Simple Plan (1993), Scott SmithA Simple Plan (1998)
Simple Simon (1996), Ryne Douglas PearsonMercury Rising (1998)
The Singer Not the Song (1953), Audrey Erskine LindopThe Singer Not the Song (1961)
Single Lady (1931), John Monk SaundersThe Last Flight (1931)
Sister Carrie (1900), Theodore DreiserCarrie (1952)
Six Days of the Condor (1974), James GradyThree Days of the Condor (1975)
Six Weeks (1976), Fred Mustard StewartSix Weeks (1982)
The Sixth of May (Dutch; Flemish: De Zesde Mei) (2003), Tomas Ross06/05 (2003)
Skinwalkers (1986), Tony HillermanSkinwalkers (2002)
Skipping Christmas (2001), John GrishamChristmas with the Kranks (2004)
Skyscraper (1931), Faith BaldwinSkyscraper Souls (1932)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Kurt VonnegutSlaughterhouse-Five (1972)
Slayground (1971), Donald E. WestlakeSlayground (1983)
Sleeping with the Enemy (1987), Nancy PriceSleeping with the Enemy (1991)
Sleepless (Arabic: لا أنام, La Anam) (1969), Ihsan Abdel QuddousSleepless (1957)
Sliver (1991), Ira LevinSliver (1993)
Slugs (1982), Shaun HutsonSlugs (1988)
Small Vices (1997), Robert B. ParkerSpenser: Small Vices (1999)
The Snatchers (1953), Lionel WhiteThe Night of the Following Day (1968)
Snow Angels (1994), Stewart O'NanSnow Angels (2007)
(1948), Yasunari KawabataSnow Country (1957)
So Red the Rose (1934), Stark YoungSo Red the Rose (1935)
Solaris (1961), Stanislaw LemSolaris (1972)
Solaris (2002)
Soldier of Fortune (1953), Ernest K. GannSoldier of Fortune (1955)
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1990),[2] Kaylie JonesA Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962), Ray BradburySomething Wicked This Way Comes (1972)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
The Song of Bernadette (1941), Franz WerfelThe Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow (Chinese: 長恨歌, Cháng hèn gē) (1995), Wang AnyiEverlasting Regret (2005)
The Song of the Blood-Red Flower (Finnish: Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta) (1905), Johannes LinnankoskiThe Flame of Life (Swedish: Sången om den eldröda blomman) (1919)
Man's Way with Women (1934)
The Song of the Scarlet Flower (1938)
The Song of the Scarlet Flower (1956)
The Song of the Blood-Red Flower (1971)
The Song of the Damned (Portuguese: Canto dos Malditos) (2001), Austregésilo Carrano BuenoBrainstorm (Portuguese: Bicho de Sete Cabeças) (2000)
Sons and Lovers (1913), D. H. LawrenceSons and Lovers (1960)
S.O.S. Noronha (1954), Pierre ViréS.O.S. Noronha (1957)
The Sound and the Fury (1929), William FaulknerThe Sound and the Fury (1959)
(1954), Chikuma ShobōSound of the Mountain (1954)
(1954), Yukio MishimaThe Sound of Waves (1954)
The Sound of Waves (1964)
The Sound of Waves (1971)
The Sound of Waves (1975)
The Sound of Waves (1985)
Sour Sweet (1982), Timothy MoSoursweet (1989)
The Space Vampires (1976), Colin WilsonLifeforce (1985)
Spaceman of Bohemia (2017), Jaroslav KalfařSpaceman (2024)
The Spanish Gardener (1950), A. J. CroninThe Spanish Gardener (1957)
Spartacus (1951), Howard FastSpartacus (1960)
Sphere (1987), Michael CrichtonSphere (1998)
Spider (1990), Patrick McGarthSpider (2002)
(1929–30), Edogawa RanpoThe Murderer: Spider-Man (Japanese: 殺人鬼 蜘蛛男, Satsujinki: Kumo-otoko) (1958)
The Spider-Man's Counterattack (Japanese: 蜘蛛男の逆襲, Kumo-otoko no gyakushū) (1958)
Spirales (1987), Christopher FrankSpirale (1987)
Split Images (1981), Elmore LeonardSplit Images (1992) (TV)
The Spoilers (1906), Rex BeachThe Spoilers (1914)
The Spoilers (1923)
The Spoilers (1930)
The Spoilers (1942)
The Spoilers (1955)
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1969), Sam GreenleeThe Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
A Sporting Proposition (1973), James AldridgeRide a Wild Pony (1975)
Spy Story (1974), Len DeightonSpy Story (1976)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), John le CarréThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1962), Ian FlemingThe Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Stairs of Sand (1929), Zane GreyStairs of Sand (1929)
Arizona Mahoney (1936)
The Stalking Moon (1965), T. V. OlsenThe Stalking Moon (1968)
Stand at Spanish Boot (1948), Harry BrownApache Drums (1951)
Star in the West (1959), Richard Emery RobertsThe Second Time Around (1961)
Stardust (1999), Neil GaimanStardust (2007)
Starfire (1960), Robert BucknerMoon Pilot (1962)
Stars in My Crown (1947), Joe David BrownStars In My Crown (1950)
The Stars Look Down (1935), A. J. CroninThe Stars Look Down (1939)
Starship Troopers (1959), Robert A. HeinleinStarship Troopers (1997)
(2004)
(2007)
(2012)
(2017)
Station West (1948), Luke ShortStation West (1948)
The Stepford Wives (1972), Ira LevinThe Stepford Wives (1975)
Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980)
The Stepford Children (1987)
The Stepford Husbands (1996)
The Stepford Wives (2004)
Stella Dallas (1923), Olive Higgins ProutyStella Dallas (1925)
Stella Dallas (1937)
Stella (1990)
A Stir of Echoes (1958), Richard MathesonStir of Echoes (1999)
(2007)
(1947), Taijiro TamuraEscape at Dawn (Japanese: 暁の脱走, Akatsuki no Dassō) (1950)
Story of a Prostitute (1965)
Story of O (French: Histoire d'O) (1954), Anne Desclos (as Pauline Réage)Story of O (1975)
(French: Histoire d'O: Chapitre 2) (1984)
The Story of Zarak Khan (1949), A. J. BevanZarak (1956)
A Stranger Came Home (1949), George SandersA Stranger Came Home (1954)
A Stranger Is Watching (1977), Mary Higgins ClarkA Stranger Is Watching (1982)
(1987), Taichi YamadaThe Discarnates (1988)
All of Us Strangers (2023)
Strangers on a Train (1950), Patricia HighsmithStrangers on a Train (1951)
Once You Kiss a Stranger (1969)
Once You Meet a Stranger (1996)
Stranger's Return (1933), Philip StongThe Stranger's Return (1933)
Strip Tease (1993), Carl HiaasenStriptease (1996)
The Stud (1969), Jackie CollinsThe Stud (1978)
Sultana - La Nuit du Sérail (1982), Prince Michael of Greece and DenmarkThe Favorite (a.k.a. Intimate Power) (1989)
The Sum of All Fears (1991), Tom ClancyThe Sum of All Fears (2002)
The Sun Also Rises (1926), Ernest HemingwayThe Sun Also Rises (1957)
The Sun Also Rises (1984) (TV)
Sunset Pass (1928), Zane GreySunset Pass (1929)
Sunset Pass (1933)
Sunset Pass (1946)
The Swarm (1974), Arthur HerzogThe Swarm (1978)
The Swiss Family Robinson (French: Der Schweizerische Robinson) (1812), Johann David WyssPerils of the Wild (1925)
Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
The Swiss Family Robinson (1958)
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
The Swiss Family Robinson (1973)
The Swiss Family Robinson (1975)
Swiss Family Robinson (1996)
The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson (1998)
Beverly Hills Family Robinson (1997)
The New Swiss Family Robinson (1999)
Stranded (2002)
The Sword in the Stone (1938), T. H. WhiteThe Sword in the Stone (1963)

T

Fiction work(s) Film adaptation(s)
Taggart (1959), Louis L'AmourTaggart (1964)
Tai-Pan (1966), James ClavellTai-Pan (1986)
Take Three Tenses: A Fugue in Time (1945), Rumer GoddenEnchantment (1948)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1973), Morton FreedgoodThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998)
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Charles DickensA Tale of Two Cities (1917)
A Tale of Two Cities (1922)
The Only Way (1927)
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
A Tale of Two Cities (1984)
Tales of the South Pacific (1947), James A. MichenerSouth Pacific (1958)
South Pacific (2001)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955), Patricia HighsmithPurple Noon (French: Plein soleil) (1960)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
The Tall Men (1954), Henry Wilson AllenThe Tall Men (1954)
Tarzan (1912–1965) (series), Edgar Rice BurroughsTarzan of the Apes (1918)
The Romance of Tarzan (1918)
The Revenge of Tarzan (1920)
The Son of Tarzan (1920)
The Adventures of Tarzan (1921)
Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927)
Tarzan the Mighty (1928)
Tarzan the Tiger (1929)
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935)
Tarzan Escapes (1936)
Tarzan’s Revenge (1938)
Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
Tarzan Triumphs (1943)
Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)
Tarzan and the Huntress (1947)
Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)
Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
Tarzan's Peril (1951)
Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952)
Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953)
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955)
Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957)
Tarzan and the Trappers (1958)
Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958)
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959)
Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)
Tarzan Goes to India (1962)
Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963)
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
Tarzan and the Great River (1967)
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968)
Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970)
Tarzan and the Brown Prince (1972)
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981)
(1984)
Adventures of Tarzan (1985)
Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)
Tarzan of the Apes (1999)
Tarzan (1999)
Tarzan Ki Beti (2002)
Tarzan & Jane (2002)
Tarzan II (2005)
Tarzan (2013)
The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
Telefon (1975), Walter WagerTelefon (1977)
Ten Against Caesar (a. k. a. Trail's End at 'Dobe Town) (1952), Kathleen B. George and Robert A. GrangerGun Fury (1953)
The Terminal Man (1972), Michael CrichtonThe Terminal Man (1974)
Terms of Endearment (1975), Larry McMurtryTerms of Endearment (1983)
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles (1913)
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1924)
Man Ki Jeet (1944)
Dulhan Ek Raat Ki (1967)
Tess (1979)
Trishna (2011)
The Tesseract (1998), Alex GarlandThe Tesseract (2003)
Tex (1979), S. E. HintonTex (1982)
Texasville (1987), Larry McMurtryTexasville (1990)
Theatre (1937), W. Somerset MaughamCharming Julia (German: Bezaubernde Julia) (1960)
Adorable Julia (German: Julia, Du bist zauberhaft) (1962)
Teatris (Russian: Театр) (1978)
Poniro thilyko... katergara gynaika! (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Πονηρό θηλυκό... Κατεργάρα γυναίκα!) (1980)
Being Julia (2004)
There's a Porpoise Close Behind Us, Arthur Barker (1936), Noel LangleyThese Foolish Things (2005)
These Foolish Things (2004), Deborah MoggachThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
They Came to Cordura (1958), Glendon SwarthoutThey Came to Cordura (1959)
They Do It with Mirrors (1952), Agatha ChristieMurder Ahoy! (1964)
Murder with Mirrors (1985)
They Saved London (1955), Bernard NewmanBattle of the V-1 (1958)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1935), Horace McCoyThey Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Chased by the Dogs (1962)
Thin Air (1995), Robert B. ParkerThin Air (2000)
The Thirteenth Guest (1929), Armitage TrailThe Thirteenth Guest (1932)
Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943)
The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), John BuchanThe 39 Steps (1935)
The 39 Steps (1959)
The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
The 39 Steps (2008)
Thieves Like Us (1937), Frederick A. StokesThey Live by Night (1950)
Thieves Like Us (1974)
Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God (1957), Paul GallicoThe Three Lives of Thomasina (1964)
Thor (1993), Wayne SmithBad Moon (1996)
The Three Godfathers (1913), Peter B. KyneThe Three Godfathers (1916)
Marked Men (1919)
Action (1921)
Hell's Heroes (1930)
Three Godfathers (1936)
3 Godfathers (1948)
The Godchild (1974)
The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) (1844), Alexandre Dumas, père
The Three Musketeers (1914)
The Three Musketeers (1916)
The Three Musketeers (1921; French)
The Three Musketeers (1921; American)
The Three Musketeers (1932)
The Three Musketeers (1933)
The Three Musketeers (1935)
The Three Musketeers (1939)
The Three Musketeers (1948)
At Sword's Point (1952)
The Three Musketeers (1953)
Three and a Half Musketeers (Spanish; Castilian: Los tres mosqueteros y medio) (1957)
The Three Musketeers (1961)
Zorro and the Three Musketeers (Italian: Zorro e i tre moschettieri) (1963)
The Three Musketeers (1969)
The Three Musketeers in Boots (1972)
The Three Musketeers (1973; live-action)
The Three Musketeers (1973; animated)
The Four Charlots Musketeers (French: Les Quatre Charlots mousquetaires) (1974)
The Four Charlots Musketeers 2 (French: À nous quatre, Cardinal!) (1974)
The Three Musketeers (French: D'Artagnan L'Intrépide) (1974)
The Four Musketeers (1974)
d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978)
The Three Musketeers (1986)
The Three Mouseketeers (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Uimitoarele aventuri ale muschetarilor) (1988)
(1989)
(1991)
The Three Musketeers (1992)
(1992)
The Three Musketeers (1993)
Revenge of the Musketeers (French: La fille de d'Artagnan) (1994)
The Musketeer (2001)
(2004)
La Femme Musketeer (2004)
Barbie and the Three Musketeers (2009)
The Three Musketeers (2011)
3 Musketeers (2011)
The Three Musketeers (Russian: Три мушкетёра, Tri mushketera) (2013)
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (Spanish; Castilian: D'Artacán y los Tres Mosqueperros) (2021)
(2023)
(2023)
The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome (1973), Morton FreedgoodJohnny Handsome (1989)
A Thrill a Minute with Jack Albany (1967), Morton FreedgoodNever a Dull Moment (1968)
Thunder Mountain (1935), Zane GreyThunder Mountain (1935)
Thunder Mountain (1947)
Thunderball (1961), Ian FlemingThunderball (1965)
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Thunderhead (1943), Mary O'HaraThunderhead, Son of Flicka (1945)
The Thundering Herd (1925), Zane GreyThe Thundering Herd (1925)
The Thundering Herd (1933)
A Tiger Walks (1960), Ian NiallA Tiger Walks (1964)
Time After Time (1979), Karl AlexanderTime After Time (1979)
The Time Machine (1895), H. G. WellsThe Time Machine (1960)
The Time Machine (1978)
The Time Machine (2002)
A Time to Kill (1989), John GrishamA Time to Kill (1996)
The Time Traveler's Wife (2003), Audrey NiffeneggerThe Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
Timeline (1999), Michael CrichtonTimeline (2003)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974), John le CarréTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
To Catch a Thief (1952), David F. DodgeTo Catch a Thief (1955)
To Have and Have Not (1937), Ernest HemingwayTo Have and Have Not (1944)
The Breaking Point (1950)
The Gun Runners (1958)
Captain Khorshid (Persian: ناخدا خورشید, Nakhoda Khorshid) (1987)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), Harper LeeTo Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
To Sir, With Love (1959), E. R. BraithwaiteTo Sir, with Love (1967)
To Sir, with Love II (1996)
To the Devil – a Daughter (1953), Dennis WheatleyTo the Devil a Daughter (1976)
To the Last Man (1921), Zane GreyTo the Last Man (1923)
To the Last Man (1933)
Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus (serialised 1877), published as a book 1881), James Otis Kaler (as James Otis)Toby Tyler or 10 Weeks with a Circus (1960)
Toilers of the Sea (French: Les Travailleurs de la Mer) (1866), Victor HugoToilers of the Sea (1914)
Toilers of the Sea (1915)
Toilers of the Sea (1923)
Toilers of the Sea (1936)
Sea Devils (1953)
Topaz (1967), Leon UrisTopaz (1969)
Touch (1987), Elmore LeonardTouch (1997)
The Tower (1973), Richard Martin SternThe Towering Inferno (1974)
A Town Like Alice (1950), Nevil ShuteA Town Like Alice (1956)
The Track of the Cat (1949), Walter Van Tilburg ClarkTrack of the Cat (1952)
Trainspotting (1993), Irvine WelshTrainspotting (1996)
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
The Trap (Spanish; Castilian: La trampa) (1960), María Angélica BoscoThe Unfaithful Love (Spanish; Castilian: El Amor infiel) (1974)
Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis StevensonTreasure Island (1918)
Treasure Island (1920)
Treasure Island (1934)
Treasure Island (1937)
Treasure Island (1950)
Long John Silver (1954)
Return to Treasure Island (1954)
Treasure Island (1971)
Animal Treasure Island (1971)
Treasure Island (1972; animated)
Treasure Island (1972; live-action)
Treasure Island (1982)
Treasure Island (French: L'Île au trésor) (1985)
Treasure Island (1987)
Treasure Island (1988)
Treasure Island (1990)
Treasure Island (1995)
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Treasure Island (1996)
Return to Treasure Island (1998) (TV)
Treasure Island (1999)
Treasure Planet (2002)
Pirates of Treasure Island (2006)
Treasure Island (German: L'Île aux trésors (2007)
Treasure Island (German: Die Schatzinsel) (2007)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1927), B. TravenThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Trial (1925), Franz KafkaThe Trial (1962)
After Hours (1985)
The Trial (1993)
Trinity's Child (1983), William ProchnauBy Dawn's Early Light (1990)
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1922), Baroness OrczyThe Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1928)
The Trouble with Harry (1950), Jack Trevor StoryThe Trouble with Harry (1955)
True Grit (1968), Charles PortisTrue Grit (1969)
Rooster Cogburn (1975)
(1978)
True Grit (2010)
The Turning Point (German: Der Aufenthalt) (1977), Hermann KantThe Turning Point (1983)
The Twenty-fifth Hour (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Ora 25) (1949), Constantin Virgil GheorghiuThe 25th Hour (French: La Vingt-cinquième Heure) (1967)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) (1870), Jules Verne20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (1973)
The Amazing Captain Nemo (1978)
The Black Hole (1979)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1985)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)
(1997)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2002)
30,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2007)
Twenty Years After (French: Vingt ans après) (1845), Alexandre Dumas, pèreThe Return of the Musketeers (1989)
Twilight (2005–2008) (series), Stephenie MeyerTwilight (2008)
(2009)
(2010)
(2011)
(2012)
Twilight for the Gods (1958), Ernest K. GannTwilight for the Gods (1958)
The Twins (Dutch; Flemish: De Tweeling) (2000), Tessa de LooTwin Sisters (2002)
Two-Gun Man (1929), Stewart Edward WhiteUnder a Texas Moon (1929)
Two-Minute Warning (1975), George La FountaineTwo-Minute Warning (1976)
Two Much (1975), Donald E. WestlakeThe Twin (French: Le jumeau) (1984)
Two Much (1995)
The Tunnel of Love (1954), Peter De VriesThe Tunnel of Love (1958)

U

Fiction work(s) Film adaptation(s)
(1776), Ueda AkinariUgetsu (1953)
The Ugly Dachshund (1938), Gladys Bronwyn SternThe Ugly Dachshund (1966)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Czech: Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí) (1984), Milan KunderaThe Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Uncharted Seas (1938), Dennis WheatleyThe Lost Continent (1968)
Uncle Remus (1881), Joel Chandler HarrisSong of the South (1946)
Coonskin (1975)
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (2006)
Under the Tonto Rim (1926), Zane GreyUnder the Tonto Rim (1928)
Under the Tonto Rim (1933)
Under the Tonto Rim (1947)
Undercover Cat (1963), Gordon Gordon and Mildred GordonThat Darn Cat! (1965)
That Darn Cat (1997)
(1900), Shunrō OshikawaAtragon (1963)
Unforbidden Fruit (1927), Samuel Hopkins AdamsThe Wild Party (1929)
The Unforgiven (1957), Alan Le MayThe Unforgiven (1960)
Union Street (1982), Pat BarkerStanley & Iris (1989)
The Unknown Soldier (1954), Väinö LinnaThe Unknown Soldier (1955)
The Unknown Soldier (1985)
The Unknown Soldier (2017)
Useless Cowboy (1943), Alan Le MayAlong Came Jones (1945)

V

Fiction work(s) Film adaptation(s)
Valdez Is Coming (1970), Elmore LeonardValdez Is Coming (1971)
Valley of the Dolls (1966), Jacqueline SusannValley of the Dolls (1967)
Vampire$ (1990), John SteakleyVampires (1998)
(2002)
(2005)
Les Valseuses (1974), Bertrand BlierGoing Places (1974)
The Vanishing American (1925), Zane GreyThe Vanishing American (1925)
The Vanishing American (1955)
Vanity Fair (1847–1848), William Makepeace ThackerayVanity Fair (1911)
Vanity Fair (1915)
Vanity Fair (1922)
Vanity Fair (1923)
Vanity Fair (1932)
Becky Sharp (1935)
Vanity Fair (2004)
Vanity Row (1953), W. R. BurnettAccused of Murder (1956)
Vennello Adapilla (1991), Yandamuri VeerendranathBeladingala Baale (1995)
Vengeance (1984),[3] George JonasSword of Gideon (1986)
Munich (2005)
Vengeance Valley (1949), Luke ShortVengeance Valley (1951)
Verses of Love (Indonesian: Ayat-Ayat Cinta) (2003), Habiburrahman El ShirazyVerses of Love (2008)
Verses of Love 2 (2017)
A Very Private Gentleman (1990), Martin BoothThe American (2010)
Vespers in Vienna (1947), Bruce MarshallThe Red Danube (1949)
(French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) (1847–1850), Alexandre Dumas, pèreThe Man in the Iron Mask (1923)
The Iron Mask (1929)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
The Iron Mask (French: Le Masque de fer) (1962)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)
The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1985)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
Victory (1915), Joseph ConradVictory (1919)
Dangerous Paradise (1930)
Victory (1940)
Devil's Paradise (1987)
Victory (1996)
The Viking (1951), Edison MarshallThe Vikings (1958)
Viper Three (1972), Walter WagerTwilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains (1902), Owen WisterThe Virginian (1914)
The Virginian (1923)
The Virginian (1929)
The Virginian (1946)
The Virginian (2000)
The Virginian (2014)
Vision Quest (1979), Terry DavisVision Quest (1985)
The Voice of Bugle Ann (1935), MacKinlay KantorThe Voice of Bugle Ann (1936)

W

Fiction work(s) Film adaptation(s)
The Wages of Fear (French: Le Salaire de la peur) (1950), Georges-Jean ArnaudThe Wages of Fear (1953)
Violent Road (1958) (a. k. a. Hell's Highway)
Sorcerer (1977)
The Wages of Fear (2024)
The Wailing Asteroid (1960), Murray LeinsterThe Terrornauts (1967)
A Walk to Remember (1999), Nicholas SparksA Walk to Remember (2002)
Walkabout (a.k.a. The Children) (1959), Donald G. PayneWalkabout (1971)
Walking Shadow (1994), Robert B. ParkerWalking Shadow (2001)
Waltz into Darkness (1947), Cornell WoolrichMississippi Mermaid (1969)
Original Sin (2001)
Wanderer of the Wasteland (1923), Zane GreyWanderer of the Wasteland (1924)
Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)
Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945)
War and Peace (1869), Leo TolstoyWar and Peace (1956)
War and Peace (1966–67)
War Horse (1982), Michael MorpurgoWar Horse (2011)
War of the Buttons (French: La Guerre des boutons) (1912), Louis PergaudWar of the Buttons (1962)
War of the Buttons (1994)
The War of the Roses (1981), Warren AdlerThe War of the Roses (1989)
The War of the Worlds (1898), H. G. WellsThe War of the Worlds (1953)
(Polish: Wojna światów – następne stulecie) (1981)
War of the Worlds (2005)
H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (2005)
H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005)
(2008)
(2012)
The Warriors (1965), Sol YurickThe Warriors (1979)
A Watcher in the Woods (1976), Florence Engel RandallThe Watcher in the Woods (1980)
The Watcher in the Woods (2017)
Water for Elephants (2006), Sara GruenWater for Elephants (2011)
The Water Hole (serialised 1927–1928, published as a book 1928), Zane GreyThe Water Hole (1928)
Water Margin (Chinese: 水滸傳) (1963), Shi Nai'anThe Water Margin (Chinese: 水滸傳) (1972)
All Men Are Brothers (Chinese: 蕩寇誌) (1975)
Delightful Forest (Chinese: 快活林) (1972)
Pursuit (Chinese: 林冲夜奔) (1972)
Tiger Killer (Chinese: 武松) (1982)
(Chinese: 水滸傳之英雄本色) (1993)
Troublesome Night 16 (Chinese: 水滸傳) (2002)
Watership Down (1972), Richard AdamsWatership Down (1978)
The Way West (1949), A. B. Guthrie, Jr.The Way West (1967)
The Werewolf of Paris (1933), Guy EndoreThe Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
West of the Pecos (1937), Zane GreyWest of the Pecos (1934)
West of the Pecos (1945)
The Wet Parade (1931), Upton SinclairThe Wet Parade (1932)
What Do I See!? (Dutch; Flemish: Wat zien ik!?) (1966), Albert MolBusiness Is Business (1971)
What Dreams May Come (1978), Richard MathesonWhat Dreams May Come (1998)
Whatever (French: Extension du domaine de la lutte) (1994), Michel HouellebecqWhatever (1999)
What's the Worst That Could Happen? (1996), Donald E. WestlakeWhat's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001)
The Wheels Spins (1936), Ethel Lina WhiteThe Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Lady Vanishes (1979)
The Lady Vanishes (2013)
When Eight Bells Toll (1966), Alistair MacLeanWhen Eight Bells Toll (1971)
When Knighthood Was in Flower (1898), Charles MajorWhen Knighthood Was in Flower (1908) (a. k. a. When Knights Were Bold)
When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922)
The Sword and the Rose (1953)
When Worlds Collide (serialised 1932–1933, published as a book 1933), Edwin Balmer and Philip WylieWhen Worlds Collide (1951)
Where the Boys Are (1960), Glendon SwarthoutWhere the Boys Are (1960)
Where the Boys Are '84 (1984)
Where the Red Fern Grows (1961), Wilson RawlsWhere the Red Fern Grows (1974)
Whistle Stop (1941), Maritta WolffWhistle Stop (1946)
White Banners (1936), Lloyd C. DouglasWhite Banners (1938)
White Dog (1970), Romain GaryWhite Dog (1982)
White Fang (1906), Jack LondonWhite Fang (1925)
White Fang (1936)
White Fang (1946)
White Fang (Italian: Zanna Bianca) (1973)
The Sons of White Fang (Italian: I figli di Zanna Bianca) (1974)
Challenge to White Fang (Italian: Il ritorno di Zanna Bianca) (1974)
White Fang to the Rescue (Italian: Zanna Bianca alla riscossa) (1974)
White Fang and the Gold Diggers (Italian: La spacconata) (1974)
White Fang and the Hunter (Italian: Zanna Bianca e il cacciatore solitario) (1975)
White Fang and the Magnificent Kid (Italian: Zanna Bianca e il grande Kid) (1977)
White Fang (1991)
White Fang (1991)
(1994)
White Fang (1997)
White Fang (French: Croc-Blanc) (2018)
White Shark (1994), Peter BenchleyCreature (1998)
The White Ship (1975), Donald G. PayneThe White Ship (1976)
The White Stallions of Vienna (1963), Alois PodhajskyMiracle of the White Stallions (1963)
Who? (1958), Algis BudrysWho? (1973)
Who Censored Roger Rabbit? (1981), Gary K. WolfWho Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Who Lie in Gaol (1952), Joan HenryThe Weak and the Wicked (1953)
Who Rides with Wyatt (1955), Henry Wilson AllenYoung Billy Young (1969)
Why Me? (1983), Donald E. WestlakeWhy Me? (1990)
Wicked Water (1949), MacKinlay KantorWicked Water (1953)
Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), Jean RhysWide Sargasso Sea (1993)
Wide Sargasso Sea (2006)
A Widow for One Year (1998), John IrvingThe Door in the Floor (2004)
The Wild Heart (Spanish; Castilian: Corazón salvaje) (1957), Caridad Bravo AdamsCorazón salvaje (1956)
Juan del Diablo (1960)
Corazón salvaje (1968)
Wild Horse Mesa (1928), Zane GreyWild Horse Mesa (1925)
Wild Horse Mesa (1932)
Wild Horse Mesa (1947)
Wild Justice (1979), Wilbur SmithWild Justice (a. k. a. Covert Assassin) (1993)
Will O' the Wisp (French: Le feu follet) (1931), Pierre Drieu La RochelleThe Fire Within (1963)
Oslo, August 31st (Norwegian: Oslo, 31. august) (2011)
The Willing Flesh (1955), Willi HeinrichCross of Iron (1977)
Wilt (1976), Tom SharpeWilt (1989)
The Wind in the Willows (1908), Kenneth GrahameThe Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
The Wind in the Willows (1983)
The Wind in the Willows (1987)
Wind in the Willows (1988)
A Tale of Two Toads (1989)
The Adventures of Mole (1995)
The Wind in the Willows (1995)
The Adventures of Toad (1996)
The Willows in Winter (1996)
The Wind in the Willows (1996)
The Wind in the Willows (2006)
The Wings of the Dove (1902), Henry JamesThe Wings of the Dove (1981)
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Winnie-the-Pooh (1926–1928) (series), A.A. MilneThe Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
(1997)
(1999)
The Tigger Movie (2000)
(2001)
(2002)
Piglet's Big Movie (2003)
(2004)
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)
Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005)
My Friends Tigger and Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (2007)
Tigger and Pooh and a Musical Too (2009)
Super Duper Super Sleuths (2010)
Winnie the Pooh (2011)
Christopher Robin (2018)
(2023)
(2024)
Winter Meeting (1946), Grace Zaring StoneWinter Meeting (1948)
Winter's Bone (2006), Daniel WoodrellWinter's Bone (2010)
The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), John SteinbeckThe Winter of Our Discontent (1983)
Wise Blood (1952), Flannery O'ConnorWise Blood (1979)
The Witches (1983), Roald DahlThe Witches (1990)
The Witches (2020)
The Witches of Eastwick (1984), John UpdikeThe Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Witchfinder General (1966), Ronald BassettWitchfinder General (1968)
Witch's Milk (1968), Peter De VriesPete 'n' Tillie (1972)
The Witnesses (1971), Anne HoldenThe Bedroom Window (1987)
Woe to Live On (1987), Daniel WoodrellRide with the Devil (1999)
The Wolfen (1978), Whitley StrieberWolfen (1981)
The Woman and the Puppet (French: La Femme et le pantin) (1898), Pierre LouÿsThe Woman and the Puppet (1920)
The Woman and the Puppet (1929)
The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
The Female (1959)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
The Woman Chaser (1960), Charles WillefordThe Woman Chaser (1999)
The Woman in Black (1983), Susan HillThe Woman in Black (1989)
The Woman in Black (2012)
(2014)
(1962), Kōbō AbeWoman in the Dunes (1964)
The Woman in White (serialised 1859–1860, published as a book 1860), Wilkie CollinsThe Woman in White (1912)
Tangled Lives (1917)
The Woman in White (1917)
The Woman in White (1929)
Crimes at the Dark House (1940)
The Woman in White (1948)
Zhenshchina v belom (1981)
Woman, Thou Art Loosed!: Healings the Wounds of the Past (1993), T. D. JakesWoman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
Woman Wanted (1984), Joanna McClelland GlassWoman Wanted (2000)
Women in Love (1920), D. H. LawrenceWomen in Love (1969)
The Women of Brewster Place (1982), Gloria NaylorThe Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Wonder Boys (1995), Michael ChabonWonder Boys (2000)
The Wonderful Country (1952), Thomas C. Lea, IIIThe Wonderful Country (1952)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), L. Frank BaumThe Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908)
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)
The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914)
His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914)
The Wizard of Oz (1925)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Return to Oz (1964)
Fantasía... 3 (1966)
Little Ayşe and the Magic Dwarfs in the Land of Dreams (Turkish: Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde) (1971)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1975)
Oz (1976)
The Wiz (1978)
The Wizard of Oz (1982)
Lion of Oz (2000)
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)
After the Wizard (2011)
Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz (2011)
Dorothy and the Witches of Oz (2012)
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
(2013)
Guardians of Oz (2015)
(2016)
The Steam Engines of Oz (2018)
The World According to Garp (1978), John IrvingThe World According to Garp (1982)
The World in His Arms (1946), Rex BeachThe World in His Arms (1952)
The World of Henry Orient (1956), Nora JohnsonThe World of Henry Orient (1964)
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1956), Hammond InnesThe Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
A Wrinkle in Time (1962), Madeleine L'EngleA Wrinkle in Time (2003)
A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
The Wrong Box (1889), Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd OsbourneThe Wrong Box (1966)
Wuthering Heights (1847), Emily BrontëWuthering Heights (1939)
Abismos de Pasión (1954)
Dil Diya Dard Liya (1966)
Wuthering Heights (1970)
Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1992)
Wuthering Heights (2003)
Wuthering Heights (2011)

Y

Fiction work(s) Film adaptation(s)
The Year of Living Dangerously (1978), Christopher KochThe Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
The Year of the Angry Rabbit (1964), Russell BraddonNight of the Lepus (1972)
The Year of the Horse (1965), Eric S. HatchThe Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)
The Year of the Jellyfish (French: L'Année des méduses) (1983), Christopher FrankYear of the Jellyfish (1984)
Yellowstone Kelly (1958), Henry Wilson AllenYellowstone Kelly (1959)
Yield to the Night (1954), Joan HenryYield to the Night (1956)
Yo, Puta (2003), Isabel PisanoWhore (2004)
You Only Live Twice (1964), Ian FlemingYou Only Live Twice (1967)
You're Best Alone (1943), Norah LoftsGuilt Is My Shadow (1950)
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1977), Romain GaryYour Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1981)
Young Adam (1957), Alexander TrocchiYoung Adam (2003)
Young Man of Manhattan (1930), Katharine BrushYoung Man of Manhattan (1930)
Young Man with a Horn (1938), Dorothy BakerYoung Man with a Horn (1950)

Z

Fiction work(s) Film adaptation(s)
Zazie in the Metro (French: Zazie dans le métro) (1959), Raymond QueneauZazie in the Metro (1960)
(1959), Seichō MatsumotoZero Focus (1961)
Zift (Bulgarian: Дзифт, Dzift) (2006), Vladislav TodorovZift (2008)
Zona Zamfirova (1906), Stefan SremacZona Zamfirova (2002)
Zorba the Greek (1946), Nikos KazantzakisZorba the Greek (1964)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Although Schindler's Ark is concerned with real people and real events, it is a fictional representation of history.
  2. A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries is a fictionalized version of the author's life.
  3. Although Vengeance is concerned with real people and events, it is a fictional representation of history.